Barriers to Access

The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.

£7.5m boost for online council services

A new “digital pledge” backed by £7.5m of government funding aims to help councils transform their online services. The new initiative would change the way councils invest in technology, share

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Rural communities face ‘perfect storm’

Rural communities face a perfect storm – including unaffordable homes, poor connectivity, skills gaps and health inequalities, say council leaders. The warning comes in an interim report by the Post-Brexit England

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Landlords reject longer tenancy proposal

Rural landlords say forcing the private rented sector to offer long-term tenancies would threaten the short-term lettings market and reduce the availability of rented homes in the countryside. The government

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Housing crisis puts communities at risk

Rural communities need a new deal to deliver more affordable homes, says a report highlighting the scale of the housing crisis in the English countryside. Launched to coincide with Rural Housing Week

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Fresh warning over rural broadband

Rural communities could be left behind without public subsidies for the rollout of fibre broadband,  the government will be told. Government ministers needs to go “further and faster” by subsidising the rollout

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Campaign celebrates bus services

A new campaign is celebrating the benefits of bus travel and the diversity of bus passengers, ahead of Catch the Bus Week.. Launched by Bus Users UK, the #ilovemybus initiative

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Barriers to Access

The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.

£7.5m boost for online council services

A new “digital pledge” backed by £7.5m of government funding aims to help councils transform their online services. The new initiative would change the way councils invest in technology, share

Read More

Rural communities face ‘perfect storm’

Rural communities face a perfect storm – including unaffordable homes, poor connectivity, skills gaps and health inequalities, say council leaders. The warning comes in an interim report by the Post-Brexit England

Read More

Landlords reject longer tenancy proposal

Rural landlords say forcing the private rented sector to offer long-term tenancies would threaten the short-term lettings market and reduce the availability of rented homes in the countryside. The government

Read More

Housing crisis puts communities at risk

Rural communities need a new deal to deliver more affordable homes, says a report highlighting the scale of the housing crisis in the English countryside. Launched to coincide with Rural Housing Week

Read More

Fresh warning over rural broadband

Rural communities could be left behind without public subsidies for the rollout of fibre broadband,  the government will be told. Government ministers needs to go “further and faster” by subsidising the rollout

Read More

Campaign celebrates bus services

A new campaign is celebrating the benefits of bus travel and the diversity of bus passengers, ahead of Catch the Bus Week.. Launched by Bus Users UK, the #ilovemybus initiative

Read More